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Excaliber wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 9:34 amThe best policy is to drop each cartridge you plan to carry for defensive use into a cartridge gauge block like the ones Lyman makes to make sure they'll feed when you need them.

Or use a revolver.

When the 9mm mak silver bear first was available, I bought some. Running it through my Bulgarian mak I had a squib and didn't catch it. The next round left a nice bulge and I had to cut the barrel off to remove the slide. I removed the old barrel and did a die penetrant on the frame and slide. No cracks noted so I installed a new barrel and kept that thing for a couple years longer until giving to my brother. Its still going strong. Those maks are tough. I mentioned it on a makarov board and a factory rep from Russia contacted me about the ammo. I told him he had a potential good product but needs more quality control if they want to sell to the U.S. market. They dropped the heavy hollow point and re-released a lighter one with a shorter oal. I still never bought any more silver bear but hear its ok now.